Blogs

New global analysis by the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC) shows that heat Early Warning Systems are expanding rapidly worldwide, but also remain highly diverse. 

Across CBA20 sessions, one message stood out clearly: locally led adaptation must become the norm, and that can only be achieved through significant shifts in power, financing, and knowledge systems.

Practical Action’s Leon Lizon explains how taking a long-term approach to community programming is creating positive shifts in Disaster Risk Management across Bolivia.

Concern Worldwide’s Mohammed Nabinbur Rahman explains how local governments in Bangladesh have made a distinctive shift from reactive disaster relief to proactive resilience-building.

Mercy Corps’ Sanjit Shrestha explains how identifying opportunities to replicate successful interventions is delivering effective climate resilience at scale in Nepal.

Alliance colleagues from Concern Worldwide, IIASA, LSE, Practical Action and the Z Zurich Foundation were in attendance at EGU 2026. Here are their key takeaways.

The IFRC’s Jen Stewart explains how a decisive shift toward proactive disaster prevention came to pass in Fiji, and what has changed since.

Plan International’s Mario Serrano explains how a unique partnership aimed at strengthening Disaster Risk Management tools and messaging has improved flood resilience across El Salvador.

In 2025, authorities in Vietnam adopted various technology-enabled approaches to flood risk management. ISET-International’s Toan Vu explains the impact of the interventions, and the factors that led to their success.